How to Annoy Your Friends and Relatives On Christmas

This is the time of year when you sometimes find yourself buying gifts for children who are not your own. Maybe you need to pick something out for a niece, nephew, grandchild, or your friend’s kids.

There are two ways to approach this: you can call up and ask what would be nice for the little ones or go out and find something that looks fun, useful, or educational. But there’s also a third way, a more subversive move that allows you to do something mildly devious without getting in trouble: go out and buy the loudest toy you can find.

This is an especially good move if you find someone (or their children) a little aggravating. It’s not just Christmas, it’s payback time.